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Always, always, always back up

There’s nothing fun about your computer dying, especially when you’re a writer and you haven’t backed up files in… well, never.

Why is my Task Manager disabled, and how do I fix it?

Task manager can be disabled manually, but more commonly it’s disabled by a virus. It’s easy to re-enable once you’re virus-free

How to use the Task Manager

If your PC starts to slow down after you’ve been using it for a while, or one or more programs completely stop responding, you can use the Task Manager, a utility built into Windows, to help regain some of your system resources

Check for driver updates and download new versions of drivers automatically

You no longer have to track down old driver installation CDs, or spend hours searching for drivers on the Internet

Improve laptop battery life

If you are using Windows Vista on your laptop, you would have noticed your laptop battery draining out quickly and frequently.

Speed up windows shutdown

If you run a lot of programs on your PC, you will definitely like this utility

NoVirusThanks

Sometimes Antivirus scanner reports that a program is infected with a Virus or Trojan, even when the program is not really infected with any malicious code.

(Probably) the best solution for keeping your data safe (PC and Mac)

Can you imagine losing your documents, photos, music, emails, projects, passwords? Are you ready for it? I am not. Backing up your precious data, is just like having insurance, (it’s not very exciting but extremely critical). All computers and their parts are subject to failure. All hard drives will inevitably crash one way or another [...]

Why defragmentation is so important for your PC

Everyone who owns a computer for a some time, knows (or will), that eventually needs to defragment the hard drive. When we use the computer more and more, files become disordered  and our system slows down as a result. Why?

MSConfig - how to use it efficiently

Built into Windows is a special tool called the "Microsoft System Configuration Utility" or simply "MSCONFIG." Designed to help you troubleshoot problems with your computer, can also be used to ensure that your computer boots faster and crashes less. Most people know that the more programs you have running on your computer [...]